Hi Ben @hiredthought
Really interested to hear what areas of practice the Wardle Mapping approach has been used. I work in the NHS and am involved in the move towards integration across the health and care sector. Has it been used in this context? A lot of our biggest challenges are relational and cultural.
@janetfolland Hi Janet! UK gov, including the NHS, is one of the places where Wardley Mapping has taken off!
Here are some NHS-specific links you might find intriguing:
- https://difrent.co.uk/blog/our-wardley-mapping-will-transform-your-team/
- https://wardle.org/strategy/2018/07/19/mapping.html
While some of the examples might give you the impression that it's mainly about digital or IT, I promise that's only half the story.
I know this is somewhat different than org culture, but to illustrate, here's @swardley's write-up on culture: https://swardley.medium.com/me-versus-we-975f518b8219
Last month we started work on our latest Wardley Mapping strategic partnership with Defra. Their Future Farming and Countryside Programme is at the start of an exciting, groundbreaking, eight year project to fundamentally transform agriculture policy in England. At launch, Janet Hughes, Defra’s Programme Director said: “Difrent’s Wardley Mapping is able to take the whole team together on […]
@janetfolland @swardley Making a map is about figuring out what the heck is going on.
And then map becomes a tool to help you find important questions to ask about how things are or how they might be.
If you want to give it a quick try in about 15m, have a look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJcLmoKR6v8
Of course, hit me up with any questions you have along the way!
Janet Folland
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